Video posted online showed a couple dozen people watching from a boardwalk as the eruption sprayed and grew in front of them.
MEAD GRUVER and AMY BETH HANSONA surprise eruption of steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt that shot dozens of feet into the sky sent people running for safety in Yellowstone National Park.A surprise eruption that shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt dozens of feet into the sky Tuesday sent people running for safety in Yellowstone National Park.
As water and debris began to fall, they ran to keep clear, some yelling "Back up!" and "Holy cow!" People then turned to watch the spectacle under a huge cloud of steam. The eruption damaged the boardwalk, an elevated wooden walkway that keeps people off Yellowstone's fragile and often dangerous geothermal areas. Photos and video of the aftermath showed damaged guardrails and boards covered in rock and silt near muddy pools.
A hydrothermal explosion happens when water suddenly flashes to steam underground. Such blasts are relatively common in Yellowstone.
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